Fatherless Elephants

Fatherless Elephants

About five years ago, I came across a fascinating 60 Minutes story by Bob Simon that could easily serve as a modern day parable. In South Africa’s Pilanesberg Park, an endangered species of white rhinos were thriving until an unknown killer began stalking them....
Our Forgotten Past

Our Forgotten Past

There was a person from Lafayette of historic significance who has gone virtually unnoticed: Christiana Gordon Smith.  If you were to Google her name, you would find only nine results.  Her name is not mentioned in any Civil Rights Museum.  Every day, hundreds of...